What Role Do Genres Play In The Use Of Propaganda Films

Most,if not all of the things that surround human existence are classified into different categories to make identification easier. The same goes for films and other forms of art.Genre is a French word which means kind or type. It is used to classify some forms of art like music and film. Genre follows some set conventions that have emerged from certain films displaying similar characteristics as time went by, however, these genres are not always consistent with the set conventions that guide which ever genre is in question. No film can ever have all the characteristics by which the genre it belongs to is identified and no definition of a particular genre can describe a film perfectly. The use of Genres serve works for people in different ways.
these films are called propaganda films. They are usually in form of a documentary are aimed at wininng the viewer over to take a certain political side, to change the viewers opinions, behaviours and beliefs. More often than not, the information provided in propaganda films are wrong and mislead people. Propaganda is sending out a message that will to vast number of people with the intention for this message to influence people and win them over to the side of the person or people who have sent this message accross. Genre is a better medium to promote propaganda than any other because images seen on television or in motion are more convincing and more believable than reading information off a mere newspaper, poster or billboard. Even if there was doubt present in the minds of people, pyschologically, a part of them still wants to believe because the information looks real, it is in motion and is happeneing before their very
characteristics of real life American society can be seen in the gangster film. The protagonist is very often a black male living in the rural areas of the states or better yet living in the hood. The representation of a reckless lifestyle is well portrayed by showing themes of drug abuse, crime, violence and in some cases illegal sexual activity. The protagonist, usually a gang member or gang leader dresses in a certain way and talks in a certain way that is characteristic of the. gangster lifestyle even in real life. The other gang members dress and talk the same. There is usually a rival gang and at the resolution of the plot, only one gang remains standing. The other gang members are either over-powered and would have to leave the area or they are killed in a shoot-out or some other more violent method. In some case, the plot revolves around the good and bad guys, i.e the gang members and the police. This is a genre but it is not just a genre, it is a social representation of reality which is also being used for entertainment but at the same time passing a